Developing early literacy: Assessment and teaching

by Susan Hill

Developing early literacy: Assessment and teaching is a handbook for understanding and teaching early literacy. It focuses on the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening for children from birth to eight years, and is written for teacher education students and practising teachers working in early childhood settings, including preschools and the first years of school.

It explores:
* developmental phases of literacy
* ways of systematically observing and assessing children's development
*summaries of research into oral language, home and community languages and literacy, play and literacy, reading, writing and new literacies
*the importance of children's literature and reading aloud
*using different text types for scaffolding children's reading and writing
*word work: phonemic awareness, phonics and vocabulary
*the importance of teacher modelling, sharing, guiding and encouraging independent activities
*practical ideas for planning, teaching and managing the literacy program
*activities and games for making connections between children and families, using literature in the classroom, developing phonemic awareness, understanding concepts of print comprehension, teaching letters and making the letter-sound connections, word study, cooperative learning and more.

412 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Dr Susan Hill is an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education. She is an author and researcher in the field of early language and literacy. She is the author of a number of books for researchers, teachers and children.

Librarian's Note: There is more than one author by this name.

Reviews

[Phil Nicolle · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not terrible and dry, useful information. Despite this being our semester reader however, we were constantly directed to other books that "does this better", "has a deeper focus" or "is closer to what we want from your assignment". Not the books fault, but honestly for the same stuff but easier to use in a class room, 'Write Ways' would be the way to go

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative although there are some mistakes within the text but it is very useful